BWW's Top Detroit Theatre Stories of 2012

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Detroit in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

January

Livingston County, Brighton is Home to Michigan's Newest Professional Theatre Company

Livingston County residents Steve DeBruyne and Matt Tomich have a plan to bring Michigan's newest live theatre company to the City of Brighton. The Dionysus Theatre will open in Brighton on March 1, 2... (read more...)

Photo Flash: Two Muses Presents Same Time, Next Year 2/3-19

Two Muses, a new non-profit professional theatre in West Bloomfield, is presenting Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade.... (read more...)

Sesame Street Live Offers 50% Off All Seats for Tomorrow's Performance

Calling all super heroes! Super Grover, Elmo and their furry and feathered friends of Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Super Heroes" are celebrating the opening weekend of Detroit's favorite family traditio... (read more...)

After a sold out run of six performances in 2010, Madea returns to the Fox Theatre stage like never before in Tyler Perry's "Madea Gets a Job" Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29. ... (read more...)

Kid Rock and The Detroit Symphony Orchestra to Play the Fox Theatre, 5/12

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 8 p.m., the unprecedented pairing of Kid Rock, Leonard Slatkin - 'America's Music Director' - and the men and women of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will take the stage ... (read more...)

Broadway In Detroit 2012-13 Season to Include THE BOOK OF MORMON, Billy Elliot and More

Broadway In Detroit announces a line-up of six award-winninga hit musicals to headline the 2012-2013 Broadway In Detroit Subscription Season, sponsored by Chrysler. For subscription ticket informatio... (read more...)

One Direction Returns to the Fox Theatre with First-Ever Headlining Tour, 6/1

Pop sensations One Direction will be hitting the road for their first-ever headlining North American tour and returning to Detroit's historic Fox Theatre on Friday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. The tour is in ... (read more...)

QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA to Play the Fox Theatre 5/31; Tickets On Sale 3/31

Launching summer 2012, "The Queen Extravaganza" is a touring concert show designed to take the music and the live experience of legends of rock Queen to generations of fans in cities coast-to-coast, w... (read more...)

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and actress, Jill Scott is set to bring her "Summer Block Party" to Detroit's Fox Theatre on Sunday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m.... (read more...)

Performance Network Theatre and the Ann Arbor District Library Present an Evening of Mark Rothko, 5/8

As the recent recipient of international critical acclaim as well as six Tony Awards, John Logan's drama, "Red," has brought the artist Mark Rothko out of the museums and onto stages across the countr... (read more...)

GREAT AMERICAN SEX FARCE, GOD OF CARNAGE and More Set for Broadway Onstage's 2012-13 Season

The 32nd Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc. and the 19th Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre begins on Friday, July 20, 2012 with the comedy THE GREAT AMERICAN SEX FARCE by Dennis Wicklin... (read more...)

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, has announced that award winning actor Stacy Keach, regarded as perhaps America's greatest interpreter of... (read more...)

David Eden Productions has announced initial details of a major US tour, presenting on September 21 and 22, 2012 the American premiere engagement of the Theatre de la Ville-Paris production of Rhinoce... (read more...)

Live Nation Touring and the Fox Theatre announce that due to popular demand, a merchandise stand for One Direction will be open prior to their June 1 concert at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. T... (read more...)

June

Photo Flash: First Look at Ringwald's THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE LOST EPISODE

The Ringwald has announced a "rerun" of the hilarious Jamie Morris parody: The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode. Opening Saturday, July 14th, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode will play Saturday-Mond... (read more...)

The Barn Theatre Opens PAL JOEY, 6/19

Joey (Barn Theatre newcomer Joseph Anthony Byrd) has the voice of an angel, easy good looks, and a dangerous dream - to headline in his own nightclub. Joey intrigues virtually everyone he meets, but h... (read more...)

While many theatres close for the summer months, Performance Network is full steam ahead, offering audiences an array of entertainment options, including the upcoming Fireside Festival of New Works. A... (read more...)

July

American Idol LIVE! Kicks Off Tour in Detroit Tonight, 7/6

American Idol LIVE! returns to Detroit's Joe Louis Arena to launch the 2012 tour tonight, July 6 at 7 p.m. The hit tour is the first chance to see this season's talented top 10 finalists in concert to... (read more...)

Z2 Entertainment will present The Polish Ambassador w/ Elfkowitz & Unlimited Gravity at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, November 7th. Tickets go on sale August 3rd for $13.00 in advance and $15.00 day o... (read more...)

SESAME STREET LIVE's ELMO MAKES MUSIC Comes to Fox Theatre, 1/24-2/18

Mark your calendar for a musical event like no other-monsters making music! Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the Fox Theatre stage to share their love of ... (read more...)

Olympia Entertainment and Fifth Third Bank have announced the lineup for the 10th annual Fifth Third Bank Holiday Series at the Fox Theatre featuring winter classics and new seasonal sensations.... (read more...)

Student Center: DEAR JOURNAL Blog #2: The Next Steps

DEAR JOURNAL is an original musical centering around four teenagers' lives as they enter Middle School. Conceived, directed, and produced entirely by two seventh-graders, Eric Gelb and Ryan Hurley, DE... (read more...)

EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL Returns to The City Theatre, 10/4 - 10/27

The Ringwald and Olympia Entertainment are thrilled to be bringing the EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL to Detroit for its third annual engagement. In honor of the world premiere in October 1981, the musical wi... (read more...)

FIVE BOWLS OF OATMEAL: THE RETURN OF OATMEAL, a festival of one-act plays features Young playwrights from 826michigan and actors from The Penny Seats on Sunday, November 18, at 3pm. The festival will ... (read more...)

The New Theatre Project to Present WOLF CRY WOLF, 11/30-12/16

The New Theatre Project will offer its second world premiere by playwright Kevin Kautzman at the Mix. After the huge audience success of If You Start a Fire [Be Prepared to Burn], TNTP is eager to sho... (read more...)

In addition to Planet Ant's regular schedule, the theatre will produce and present a remount of the 2006 Wilde Award winning satirical comedy, Cancer! The Musical, November 9 through December 15 at th... (read more...)

Performance Network's Fireside New Play Festival Announces December Festival Lineup

Performance Network Theatre, Ann Arbor's professional theatre known for bringing Michigan audiences the hottest new scripts from New York and beyond, is proud to announce the December installment of i... (read more...)

Generations of audiences - more than 60 million people from 68 countries - have seen Lord of the Dance created by Michael Flatley, the world's highest grossing Irish dance show. Presented by MagicSpac... (read more...)

Establish a new Christmas tradition with A Christmas Cabaret! Award-winning director Greg Ganakas (Izzo Goes to Broadway) returns from the 2010 sold-out A Christmas Cabaret with a new celebration of t... (read more...)

The Penny Seats Theatre Company Launches Year-End Fund Drive!

A fixture in the Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan theatre community now for three years, The Penny Seats Theatre Company recently announced the launch of their annual fund raising campaign with a new ... (read more...)